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KNITTING MACHINE NEEDLE.

No. 329,906. Patented Nov. 10, 1885.

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WARREN D. HUSE, OF LAOONIA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, ASSIGNOR TO ORISON TWOMBLY,OF LAKE VILLAGE,

NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND THOMAS S.

NOW'ELL, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

KNITTING-MACHINE NEEDLE.

PJPECIE'ICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 329,906, datedNovember 10, 1885.

Application filed July 21, 1864. Serial No. 138,352. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WARREN D. HUSE, of Laconia, in the county of Belknapand State of New Hampshire, have invented a new and 5 useful Improvementin Knitting Machine Needles, of which the following, taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of knit- J ting-machine needles whichhave imparted thereto an endwise reciprocation for the purpose offorming the stitch, and is designed to facilitate the throwing of saidneedle out of action with its cam; and it consists in a nee- 1 dle themain body of which is composed of two bars parallel with each other forthe greater part of their length, and forming a loop with the lug to beoperated upon by the cam projecting outward from the outer one of ofsaid bars, and the end of said outer bar bent at right angles thereto,so as to rest upon the other bar, as will be more fully described.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a side elevation of a needle embodying myinvention. Fig.

2 is a front or edge view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a central verticalsection of a knittingmachine, illustrating the use and operation of myimproved needle.

In another application of even date herewith, filed in the Patent OficeJuly 21, 1884, Serial N 0. 138,349, I have described and claimed certainimprovements in knittingmachines, one feature of which was making thegrooves which formed the bearing for the 5 needles, and in which theywere reciprocated, with curved bottoms, or deeper at the middle of theirlengths than at their ends. To avoid the extra milling necessary toproduce the curved bottoms of said grooves I have pro duced the needlewhich is the subject of my present application.

In carrying out my invention I take a piece of suitably-flattened wire,of a length about twice as great as the required length of the finishedneedle, form upon one end thereof the hook a, and pivot thereto at theproper distance from said hook the latch 12, bend a short portion, 0, ofthe opposite end of the wire at right angles, or nearly so, to the mainbody of the wire in the same direction as the hook a, form at the properpoint the lug or projection B by bending the wire at d, d,

and (V, and then forming the semicircular bend c in such a manner thatthe end of the part 0 shall rest upon or against-the part A, and thestraight portions of the part B so bent over shall be parallel with thepart A and a distance therefrom about equal to the distance which thelug B is designed to pro ject into the path of the cam-cylinder D, as COshown at the right-hand side of Fig. 3.

WVhen it is desired to throw the needles out of action, it is done bymoving the plate H and segments I and I inward, and then intermittentlymoving said segments in opposite 6 directions around the cylinder inprecisely the same manner as described in said other application; butthe result produced thereby is different from that produced in the otherapplication, in that in the use of my improved needle only the outerbar, B B, is sprung inward to remove the lug from the cam, the innerbar, A, remaining straight, and the hook a maintaining the same distancefrom the center of the needle-cylinder whether in or out of action,while in the case of throwing out of action the needle shown anddescribed in said other application the hook is thrown outward when themiddle of the needle-shank is bent inward; and while a very good resultis produced by this last-mentioned arrangement, a better result in somerespects will be obtained by the employment of my improved needle, whichforms the subject of this present application. 8

I am aware that needles having two bars arranged parallel to each otherhave been before used, as shown and described in the Patent No. 7,509,July 16, 1850; in English Patent No. 2,201 of 1883, and German PatentN0. 15,883, and therefore I do not claim anything shown and described insaid patents.

What I claim as new is- A knitting-machine needle having the parts A, B,B, and 0 arranged relative to each 5 other substantially as and for thepurposes described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 12th day of July, A. D.1884..

Witnesses: WARREN D. HUSE.

M. C. LOMBARD, WALTER E. LOMBARD.

